Several PSD schools participating in service projects

Nov. 13, 2012

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Coloradoan staff

During the season of giving, students enrolled in schools across Poudre School District are involved in service projects, according to the district website.

There are dozens of schools at which students are involved with community service projects; this is only a sampling.

• The Helping Hands Club at Shepardson Elementary is looking for partner schools to take part in the fourth annual Community-Wide Shoe Drive, which started Nov. 1. Participating groups are asked to donate gently used shoes; a Helping Hand Club representative will collect donations from schools at the end of the drive, Nov. 30.

Donations will go to Homeless Gear, Able Women Career Center and HELP International. For more information, contact Brown’s Shoe Fit Co. at (970) 226-1776.

• Riffenburgh Elementary students are collecting new hats, mittens, gloves and scarves for the Red Cross to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy.

• McGraw Elementary third-grader Aidan Stolz is coordinating the third annual Pine Ridge Reservation Warm Clothing Drive. Students are collecting coats, hats, gloves and other warm clothing that will be delivered to the reservation in South Dakota in late November.

• As part of a unit about communities working together, Lopez Elementary third-graders collected $126.23 in one week to benefit families impacted from the High Park Fire. The money will be donated to the Long-Term Recovery Group of Northern Colorado.